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DEFINITION: To pose, or posture, in a distinctive manner in order to express one's cultural affinities -- may be accompanied by awkward gestures.
Verboticisms
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Pusstillate
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: pus-sti-late
Sentence: I pusstillate so you can see what I'm saying.
Etymology: puss+ postulate
Oddel
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: awd-uhl
Sentence: The Kevin Federline wannabes stood oddeling their skinny white bodies outside the 7-eleven.
Etymology: odd + model
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COMMENTS:
Very Good! It's also like yodelling with making a sound... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 10:40:00
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Bogue
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: boge
Sentence: Chaz and Shazzer totlaly bogued up some down an' wikkid pics for their myspace, innit?
Etymology: Bo! (pop cultural exclamation, m'lud!) + Vogue (Fashion journal and niche dance craze consisting of adopting a succession of poses akin to those of photographic models in the aforementioned journal)
Chimposture
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: chim-PAWS-tuhr
Sentence: "Yo, dawg! you gots to sport your ipod, like banging! You is all schlumped ovah." Allie sighed. It seems she would never get the hang of proper chimposturing at her new school. Life had been so much simpler at St. Margaret's.
Etymology: Chimp (anzee) + (im) posture
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COMMENTS:
This is good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 19:04:00
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Remybod
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: remy-both
Sentence: look around, all the people want is remybod
Etymology: read my body
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COMMENTS:
Send me some reading glasses... - wordmeister, 2007-01-29: 19:07:00
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Tribalign
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: tribe-er-line
Sentence: So far, the only noticeable achievement of the 'Well-hard Gangstas' attempt to tribalign had been three twisted backs and a dislocated jaw.
Etymology: tribal + align(ment)
Gesticultate
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: jess-TI-cul-tate
Sentence: Unfortunately, Sue's gesticultating her affiliation to Harvard was misinterpreted by the cannibals as their local gesture for "tender young meat."
Etymology: gesticulate (to gesture), cult
Poseturing
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: pohs-chur-eng
Sentence: All of the poseturing by upper-middle class white males at the rap concert made William sick.
Etymology: pose + posturing
Gesturemote
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: jest-yer-e-mote
Sentence: Frank and Carla are both drama queens and will always sprinkle their conversations with gesturemotes, dramatic flairs intended to 'punctuate' their expressions of their points of view.
Etymology: Blend of 'gesture' (a movement of part of the body, esp. a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning) and 'emote' (portray emotion in a theatrical manner)
Metoocool
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: Me - too - kool
Sentence: Her flip-flops scraping against the concrete were evidence of her metoocool attempts to be different from the rest of us.
Etymology: Me - one's own self; I Too - to an excessive degree Cool - fashionable; hip
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